IBM Spectrum Protect Pricing

it_user865533 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

When we did this, migrated to this new disk-based footprint, we did a reclassification. We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective.

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Robert Hedblom - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Solution Principal Architect at sumNERV Provider AB

License-wise regarding IBM, it's licensed per terabyte. And that is after compression and deduplication.

There are additional costs if you want that as a managed service, there's a management fee depending on the client size. But it's still really cost-efficient. 

We see a lot of clients moving away from their own backup solution and purchasing our services based on IBM since it saves them a lot of money and also a lot of headaches. Because no one really wants to work with backups. The cool guys and girls, they don't work with backups. They work in development. We are the boring guys across Sweden. We love the backup and resources. So that's what we do.

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Rainer Kummerfeldt - PeerSpot reviewer
IT-Teamleader at Bechtle

The product is expensive.

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Atif Najam - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer and Program Lead at Gatron Industries Ltd

The platform is neither highly priced nor inexpensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.

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MP
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Licensing IBM Spectrum Protect can be somewhat confusing for new users due to the options available, such as licensing on a capacity or per server basis. It often necessitates a workshop with a vendor or partner to clarify these options. 

This complexity isn't unique to IBM but is a characteristic of enterprise-level software licensing that requires thorough planning. 

Initially, the licensing details can seem scary, but with adequate involvement in the topic, it becomes manageable and understandable with proper planning.

Considering these are enterprise prices, they are comparable to other options in this class of software. 

The total cost of ownership (TCO), calculated over five years, showed that the price difference among competitors was within 15% to 20%. So, the price variance isn't particularly drastic.

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AS
Senior Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

The product is not cheap. Other backup solutions like Commvault are in the same price range. There are no additional costs associated with the tool.

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Van Duivenvoorde Winston - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

IBM Spectrum Protect, cost-wise, has way higher pricing than Veeam. By switching over to Veeam, my company saved over $600,000 in USD.

My company was on a PPU license for IBM Spectrum Protect, which was okay initially. After two or three years, IBM called to switch the license to terabyte licensing, and it seemed OK to change at the time, but in the last three or four years, it became expensive.

The IBM Spectrum Protect pricing is a two on a scale of one to ten.

My company paid additional fees for maintenance, apart from the standard licensing fees.

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JY
System, Storage and Data Administrator at ORNESS

We pay for a terabyte license to support our backend usage.

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JD
Spectrum Protect/TSM Specialist at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

That's no longer my department, but I have some past experience with licensing. It is not cheap. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of licensing.

In terms of additional costs, there is management overhead. It is a complex solution and a lot of work goes into managing clients. It has gotten better over the years, but compared to its competitor, it is still heavy on management overhead. That comes with flexibility, and that's the price you pay when you want a solution that can do everything and not just a few things. It is not a simple solution. It is a complex solution, and that requires some management overhead. However, you can automate it pretty easily because it has a SQL interface. If you have a person who can script or knows SQL, you can automate a lot with it. It has a command line interface, and there is also an API. The command line is very much like Linux or Unix. It is really highly automatable.

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UT
Service Delivery Manager at Xoriant

The solution is not cheap. We do not have to pay additional costs apart from the licensing fee. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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MB
CEO at Fischerei Leipold

It can be perceived as expensive since it is designed for enterprise use. If your company doesn't fall into the enterprise category, the costs may be prohibitive. However, the expense varies based on the license model offered by IBM. For instance, if you opt for a CPU-based license model, the costs rise with each additional client. On the other hand, if you choose a license model based on the volume of backup data, the cost increase is not as significant as with the CPU-based model. I would rate it nine out of ten.

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AT
Sr. Consultant, pSeries & Open Systems at Glasshouse Systems

The pricing model of this solution is another difficult area, it's very sophisticated in the way they charge. It's based on PBU, which is a type of processor, how, many processors, and you need to put everything into an equation. However, they have different ways of charging or licensing. One way is a back-end volume or front-end volume, which is quite complicated.

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PK
Storage Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are paying for support and maintenance on a monthly basis. It is approximately $124.00 USD per month for the entire company.

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HS
Presales Solutions Architect at SAS

The solution's pricing is fair. Price-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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PC
IT Analyst at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees

The cost is high and the license is complicated. You have to figure out which license best suits your needs. It's not as simple as Veeam or the other software products we use. We need an ILMT license with IBM. We have a computer dedicated to compute the license we need for our IBM project. We pay an annual license fee of somewhere between $100,000 and $150,000.

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GB
Manager - Storage & Backup at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Its licensing is complex, and its price is not really reasonable. It is on the expensive side. IBM, in general, is slightly expensive, but with IBM Spectrum for the virtual environment, they are looking into the aspect of helping customers with the cost and providing a cost-effective solution.

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AL
IT Infrastructure and Architecture Manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

It is fairly reasonable as compared to other solutions in the market.

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Mark Torpy - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Protection Specialist at Tech Mahindra Limited

We have capacity licensing. We use the front end. The capacity licensing is pretty okay on the licensing price. I used to use the old PVU-based licensing in the early environment, but now we use capacity-based licensing.

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KashifAdeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Consultant - Infrastructure at InfoTech Group

IBM Spectrum Protect can be considered an averagely-priced product.

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AM
Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The licensing fees are on a yearly basis, which for us it is about R400,000 (approximately $27,000 USD). The additional costs depend on your backup technology. For example, if you are using tape technology then it depends on the type of tape and how many you purchase every month. It could cost about R10,000 (approximately $650 USD), or so. The pricing is a little expensive for our current employer, so they want to move to a cheaper solution.

Currently, pricing with IBM is based on sockets and the cost depends on the machine or server. Even if you don't have anything hectic running on the host, you are still paying for the whole host. This is something that should be improved.

If it wasn't for the price we would most likely still be using it.

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it_user865548 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Storage at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

The license model that they have at IBM, which is due to volume, from a certain volume onward is not the right license model. Right now, we have a better license model. This is the model that we had at the end of last year.

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MO
Senior Storage Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The pricing is quite good and very competitive in the market.

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RN
Director of Storage Services at a legal firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I don't have any information about the pricing of the solution other than to say it's a little bit higher than we would like.

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AA
Co-Founder -Technical Director at Dot Future

It is an overpriced solution. I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective.

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SL
AIX System Administration at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Price and storage are an issue no matter which software you are using. It depends on what our customers ask for. If they want the sky, they will have to pay for it. It all depends on what they need. How much it does cost. The pricing depends on what products you intend to. For example, it's one price if you are using an agent for Oracle, but the price is different if you are only using basic backup and restore. It could be $15 to $25 for one license. It's very complicated. Licensing is a pain.

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HD
Director at Q Pro Solutions

Its licensing is complicated. It goes by CPUs, and it is pretty expensive as well.

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MY
Sr. Pre-Sales Engineer at Advanced Technology Company

The solution is a bit expensive, especially if you look at other competitors. They cost less. The licensing could be more competitive. 

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RP
Regional Platform Services Manager at GBM

I would recommend IBM, but I am a business partner.

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BR
Technical Specialist at CMA Technology Solutions

You need to put it in a PoC and test it out if you can. A lot of companies have time and resources to do this for every product that they are looking at. They need to scrutinize every one of the competitors. 

After, you can basically configure it and script it the way you want it to work.

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SA
Unix and Storage Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We have a yearly maintenance license.

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AH
Senior System Engineer at Generali

Licensing costs are a little high but it's not too expensive.

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MA
manager technique at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

The pricing is costly.

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it_user866142 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Storage Administrator at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

The product is more complex and can be pricey, but you are paying for one copy of the data as opposed to other vendors. For example, if I have five copies of the data, I will be spending a lot more money. Switching to one vendor, it will cost over a million dollars to give us less functionality, which is why we did not do it.

Going to IBM Tech University Conference saved me from making a major purchase of the wrong thing, which was very helpful.

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TE
CEO at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees

IBM Spectrum Protect has a fixed price and includes no additional costs.

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AS
Unique Storage and Backup Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as this is handled by the central team. 

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AA
Co-Founder -Technical Director at Dot Future

The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive. However, there are a few packages and it is unclear because, for the entry suite they have both options, which are the back-end storage capacity and the front-end storage capacity.

It's really difficult for you as a client to decide the exact size of how many kilos you have to purchase because it really depends on the after operational capacity and after the compression.

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MA
Storage administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

I don't have an idea about the pricing. They send that over to someone else, but I know that one of the issues they had was the licensing costs. I don't think they were happy with how they were charged.

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HM
Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Spectrum Protect Plus, a complementary solution to Spectrum Protect, comes bundles in some licensing schemes together with Spectrum Protect. This has allowed us to reach all sorts of customers. It allows our clients to get a hold of virtualization technology, including backup and recovery, and instant restore. These are features are needed in today's rapidly changing environments.

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TD
IT Architect at CGI

IBM provides an open license policy, which is more like a gentlemen's agreement.

One can go with either a PVU licensing model or a capacity based licensing model. Either solution does not block the usage, if over used.

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SL
AIX System Administration at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

While it's my understanding that the solution is expensive, I do not directly handle the licensing and therefore cannot speak to how much the company actually pays to use the solution.

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it_user866154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We have been at our size for a few years. We are not really looking to battle the licensing costs, as this is our primary system.

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MG
Consultant at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product has always been too expensive and not very easy to negotiate.

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MA
Manager - IT Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The solution has a capacity-based licensing, front and back-end license. It's yearly with front-end capacity license or back-end capacity license per terabyte; customer's choice.

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HB
Backup Administrator at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution can get pretty expensive. They also charge an extra license if you would like to go to the cloud.

The solution charges companies a licensing fee on a yearly basis on the front-end. You pay at the beginning of the year.

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VN
Network Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees

The licensing fees are between $8,000 and $10,000 per year.

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it_user170520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
AM
Service Delivery Manager at Thakral

The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is a bit higher than other products.

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SS
Lead Engineer Storage at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive and there is only a standard licensing fee.

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MD.Faisal Alam - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager, Technical Services at Thakral

We have found that the pricing is high in our country.

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JA
Systems Architect at The University of Auckland

At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive, so generally, licensing the hosts running the software (both Target and Source), this does mean you will need to work out the PVU for each client, but you can use the License Metric Tool to make this easier.

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DJ
Director at Magnamious Systems Pvt. Ltd.

It is expensive.

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KV
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is really expensive. Its price is not good for Latin America. Its price is good for the United States or Europe.

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BH
Head of Cloud & Systems at Abraxas Informatik AG

I'm not sure what the licensing fees are but I believe they are substantial. 

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it_user156498 - PeerSpot reviewer
Line Of Business Manager for Storage and Backup at Compta IS

Licenses have to be studied regarding a client's need. However, with Entry License, Front End Capacity or Back End Capacity, there are many choices.

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it_user799533 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical manager of the storage area with 501-1,000 employees

The licensing is varied. If we have small environments (not many TB being managed) it is best to license by PVUs (depending on the number of cores of the machine). If we manage many TBs we look at licensing by capacity which allows us to use all the agents of the product.

If the customer has more IBM products, as well as IBM storage, we can resort to global licensing, which can be very economical.

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it_user866118 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator Manager at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We will probably use it in the future since we have already invested in it, even though we are looking at other options. Financially, it makes sense to go with Spectrum Protect rather than changing to another platform.

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AG
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Compare between capacity and PVUs.

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István Dósa - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at Effective Group Zrt.

Spectrum Protect is not a cheap option.

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KB
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Customers need to pay for licensing in order to use IBM Spectrum Protect. The customers that have been using it for a long time are okay and happy with it. From a cost point of view, it's better for them to renew their licenses than to go through the difficult process of changing a backup product in their environment, and migrate from one product to another. 

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AH
Sr Systems engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive. 

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it_user865554 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We chose IBM Spectrum Protect, because they actually have something called MSP pricing, which means managed services provider pricing. The pricing was attractive, and it seems to be a platform that IBM is totally investing on in terms of new functions and new capabilities. 

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NR
Technology Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

That's a hard estimate. It depends on the licensing, the hardware, and other stuff, but it is fairly expensive. It is generally more expensive than other solutions.

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JD
Spectrum Protect Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The pricing is average. It's not expensive, it's not cheap. It's not the cheapest, it's not the most expensive. It's very good value for money I would say.

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WC
Service Director at scsi co.,ltd

The licensing process is very unclear and a bit complicated. Many of our clients have trouble figuring it out. They'll buy a license and then they find out the limits are wrong. 

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JP
System engineer at Colourtex Ind Ltd

The pricing of the solution is high in comparison to other products on the market. For example, Symantec costs less than this solution.

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WC
Service Director at scsi co.,ltd

The product is low cost. It is very cool when we design it to using licensing based on post capacity.

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it_user171978 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It usually takes a week of consulting to implement. That can cost 10-15k plus the cost of the product.

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TS
Solutions Architect at Net Place

The solution is expensive.

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it_user3396 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services

If you do not have deep pockets, don't come to IBM.

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it_user676356 - PeerSpot reviewer
IBM Tivoli Certified Instructor, Certified Exam Reviewer & Consultant at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

That depends on the environment per customer. Since there are different licensing models, it's helpful to check which best fits the customers' needs.

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MS
Business consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

For small customers, it can be a very expensive product. It's much more suited to larger organizations. It's expensive in comparison to other solutions, and it doesn't make sense, cost-wise when you are a small company.

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WC
Service Director at scsi co.,ltd

When compared to the cost of other enterprise products, it seems to be in the same range. However, compared to the cost of non-enterprise products, it is really high.

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it_user301308 - PeerSpot reviewer
SSE at Value Point Systems

We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective.

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it_user601302 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Data Protection Analyst at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment. Capacity based licensing is pretty straightforward. IBM provides tools to help evaluate how much capacity you are using. PVU licensing is more complex and generally is going to be more expensive unless you have massive amounts of data coming from just a few locations.

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MC
Business and marketing manager at MML Systems

Use licensing "FRONT END".

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it_user879321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect with 51-200 employees

There may be an advantage to going with IBM in terms of pricing. They have a pay-as-you-grow policy, so there is no need to take one license for the entire datacenter. You can start with small licenses and then grow, and pay, as you use more.

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it_user677721 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Technician at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper.

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AH
System engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We have a special license, the name of which is escaping me at the moment, which grants us use for an unlimited number of years.

We must pay for a full license. 

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Buyer's Guide
IBM Spectrum Protect
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about IBM Spectrum Protect. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.